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Letters Patent IVO. 64,904, dated jlfay 21, 1867.

IMPROVEMENT IN BOLT-HOLDER.

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TO ALL WHOM 1T MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that we` BACCHUS PERRY and AARON CORNISH, of Lee, in the county of Oneida, and State of New York, have invented a. new and improved Bolt-1older or lllrench; and we do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, und exact description of the construction and operation of the sume, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making a, port of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is u side view of' my improved boltholdcr or wrench.

Figure 2, an edge view of the sume.

Figure 3, un end view, showing its application in the removal of u nut from u bolt.

Like letters in the figures of the drawings indicate like parts.

In the screwing and unscrewing of' nuts on bolts, in wood or metal, it has been found dillicult to accomplish it conveniently and readily, particularly when the screw-threads have become rusty or the head of the bolt is round, by reason of the bolt turning in the same direction with the nut. To prevent this, therefore, conveniently and electually is the object of my invention.

To enable others skilled in the nrt to make and use our invention, I will proceed to describe its constructionand operation.

I have two arms A A joined together, and curved or so formed ot their upper ends, (see fig. 1,) as to udmit of their taking hold of' a piece of wood, metal, or other article properly when applied thereto. The arm A is formed with the branching .firms or prongs a a. Near where the arms branch o', and between them, is secured the other arm A by the pivobheuded screw b. The arm A is provided with two or more holes c c, so that on removing the pivotscrew, and placing the arm with its hole opposite either of the upper or lower holes, und the insertion and fastening of the screw therein, the arms may be adjusted to suit the size or thickness of the plete or` other article containing the bolt. At the head of the arm A is a bolt, having at one end a4 head, d, with four steel points, which points are for the purpose of holding the head of the bolt. The other end of the bolt is so constructed as to operate in o. like manner upon the bolt itself or on the heud thereof, if small, und sunk in the wood or metal as not to be reached by the head (l. It will thus be seen that by reversing this holt, either the head of a bolt or a. bolt with n. smell sunken head muy be held fast. Attached to the arm A is ft hook or link, u, which hook is intended to fasten into one of the notchesf which the other arm is provided with for the purpose of holding the arms when compressed together.

Operation.

The prongs a a of the arm A are placed firmly on 4the wood, metal, or article containing the bolt, (sce fig. with the nut thereof between the prongs. The arm A being underneath the screw-bolt is adjusted until the point of its head d comes in Contact with the head of the bolt g, when it is made fast thereto buv compress ing the arms together und scouring themin the manner herein described, so that the head of tho bolt is thus prevented from turning, and the nut removed with the ordinary Wrench without that diiliculty heretofore attending the same, caused by the screw becoming rusty or the houd being round. By reversing the screw-holt at the houd ofthe arm A, the points of the bolt may be made to hold u bolt, independently of its houd, when it is desired to prevent its turning, or when the head of the holt is small und cannot be conveniently reached by the head d.

Having thus fully described our invention, what we claim us new, and wish to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l'he bolt-holder, constructed and operating substantially in the manner and for thc purpose herein described.

BACUHUS PERRY, AARON CORNISH.

Witnesses z "EUGENE BEARss,

Turnhout: T. BeARss. 

